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On my desktop browser (Safari, OS-X up to date), The route map partially overlaps the table of contents. Any suggestions?-- agr ( talk) 15:23, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
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Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 ( talk). Self-nominated at 06:16, 16 May 2020 (UTC).
racial discriminationphrase in the article to the way it's written in the source:
"discrimination against people of color", so I suggest writing it that way in the hook too:
Our lead says the Silver Line is branded as
bus rapid transit
, a term that is well defined at its own
Wikipedia page. On our Silver Line page, we use an infobox whose service_type parameter contains the value Bus rapid transit (disputed)
. After I removed "(disputed)" from that parameter,
Pi.1415926535
restored it with the edit summary, not a joke at all - there's an entire cited section about the dispute
.
This apparently alludes to subsection 3.2.3 Indirect routing, about a now-resolved controversy involving Silver Line's access to a single ramp operated by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. That historical controversy does not dispute the Silver Line's overall service type as rapid transit.
The template we use, Template:Infobox Bus transit, redirects to Template:Infobox bus company, which in turn prescribes values for the service_type parameter. Under the Description column, we find Bus or coach or express; the Example column cites Bus. There is no reason to infer from this that we should amend the service_type parameter to include "(disputed)" when the dispute in question pertains not to Silver Line's designation as a bus rapid transit system, but to a single ramp along its route.
Accordingly, I request consensus to remove "(disputed)" from the service_type parameter. NedFausa ( talk) 20:01, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
For the past couple days I've been attempting to remove the Silver Line from the MBTA subway article and List of MBTA subway stations, but people keep reverting it. I shall respectfully ask for consensus because the Silver Line is definitely not a subway service, and these articles misleadingly call it bus rapid transit when it isn't even that: it's never been anything more than a bus with fancy branding. Though it's painted the same thickness as the four rapid transit lines on the subway map, the T's website has only and always put the Silver Line's schedules with the bus schedules. Additionally, our own Template:MBTA puts the Silver Line in the bus section, and Template:MBTA Subway Stations excludes the Silver Line. I am doing this because the Silver Line's continued inclusion in the subway club here has literally confused the Guinness World Records: when defining the terms for an acquaintance of mine's upcoming T subway speedrun, they included the surface bus stops despite that making no sense under the record rules. In conclusion, the Silver Line does not deserve to be inconsistently called rapid transit here. Thank you for your consideration.
World Metro ( talk) 06:32, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
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Main Page in the "
Did you know?" column on
June 20, 2020. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that a state representative called Boston's
Silver Line buses "discrimination against people of color", owing to their poor service compared to
the elevated metro line they replaced? | ||||||||||||
Current status: Good article |
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content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | It is requested that a map or maps, showing convoluted routing of SL1/SL3 and shortcut entry ramp, be
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On my desktop browser (Safari, OS-X up to date), The route map partially overlaps the table of contents. Any suggestions?-- agr ( talk) 15:23, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
Coffeeandcrumbs (
talk)
20:32, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 ( talk). Self-nominated at 06:16, 16 May 2020 (UTC).
racial discriminationphrase in the article to the way it's written in the source:
"discrimination against people of color", so I suggest writing it that way in the hook too:
Our lead says the Silver Line is branded as
bus rapid transit
, a term that is well defined at its own
Wikipedia page. On our Silver Line page, we use an infobox whose service_type parameter contains the value Bus rapid transit (disputed)
. After I removed "(disputed)" from that parameter,
Pi.1415926535
restored it with the edit summary, not a joke at all - there's an entire cited section about the dispute
.
This apparently alludes to subsection 3.2.3 Indirect routing, about a now-resolved controversy involving Silver Line's access to a single ramp operated by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. That historical controversy does not dispute the Silver Line's overall service type as rapid transit.
The template we use, Template:Infobox Bus transit, redirects to Template:Infobox bus company, which in turn prescribes values for the service_type parameter. Under the Description column, we find Bus or coach or express; the Example column cites Bus. There is no reason to infer from this that we should amend the service_type parameter to include "(disputed)" when the dispute in question pertains not to Silver Line's designation as a bus rapid transit system, but to a single ramp along its route.
Accordingly, I request consensus to remove "(disputed)" from the service_type parameter. NedFausa ( talk) 20:01, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
For the past couple days I've been attempting to remove the Silver Line from the MBTA subway article and List of MBTA subway stations, but people keep reverting it. I shall respectfully ask for consensus because the Silver Line is definitely not a subway service, and these articles misleadingly call it bus rapid transit when it isn't even that: it's never been anything more than a bus with fancy branding. Though it's painted the same thickness as the four rapid transit lines on the subway map, the T's website has only and always put the Silver Line's schedules with the bus schedules. Additionally, our own Template:MBTA puts the Silver Line in the bus section, and Template:MBTA Subway Stations excludes the Silver Line. I am doing this because the Silver Line's continued inclusion in the subway club here has literally confused the Guinness World Records: when defining the terms for an acquaintance of mine's upcoming T subway speedrun, they included the surface bus stops despite that making no sense under the record rules. In conclusion, the Silver Line does not deserve to be inconsistently called rapid transit here. Thank you for your consideration.
World Metro ( talk) 06:32, 8 February 2024 (UTC)